CURRENT MISSION

To host others on their journeys!

ABOUT ME

Brittany: Born and raised in Alaska

Ryan: Born and (pretty much) raised in Alaska

...what more is there to say!?!

ps. Ryan also says that he loves birds (non-domestic) and dogs (domestic).

PHILOSOPHY

Brittany: ...try not to be anal. This can be hard for me! I am hoping to have an amazing year full of travel where I stay laid back and relaxed as much as possible.

Ryan: Principled Spontaneity never hurt anyone.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

1st) Sydney, Australia! Even with a hurt leg our couch owner showed us some good 'ol Aussie hospitality.
2nd) London, England! Pieter and Rae were fantastic hosts. They even made us dinner!

Interests

Brittany: Hiking, biking, travel, reading fiction, eating, ultimate frisbee, kayaking, knitting...

Ryan: Climbing, backpacking, reading non-fiction, ultimate frisbee, hockey, professional paintball, knitting...

• dogs
• birds
• dancing
• paintball
• reading
• traveling
• knitting
• cycling
• hiking
• backpacking
• kayaking
• paintballing
• rock climbing
• hockey
• olympics
• world cup

Music, Movies, and Books

Brittany:
-Books-
Favorite Books that I read in 2005: Langston Hughes' The Ways of White Folks, Sherman Alexie's Ten Little Indians, Louis Menand's The Metaphysical Club, Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon and Sula, Amy Tan's The Kitchen God's Wife, Thackery's Vanity Fair, and Isabel Allende's Paula.

-Movies-
I watched all of Spike Lee's movies last summer (2004) and am a bit infatuated. If I had to choose three to watch right now, I would pick "Do The Right Thing", "Bamboozled", and "Crooklyn". I just finished watching David Lynch's Mulholland Drive with my partner last week. We really got into this movie, and had to watch it again to see if we could crack it. Lots of theories and good ideas, but no luck. The next movies that I would like to see are 2046 and Purple Butterfly (which, I believe, both feature Zhang Ziyi).

Ryan:
-Books-
Favorite book of 2004: Louis Menand's Metaphysical Club. 2005: Daniel Dennett's Darwin's Dangerous Idea. Honorable mention: Menand's American Studies, Wittgenstein's Tractatus.

-Movies-
Favorite movie of 2005: March of the Penguins. Honorable Mention: Mulholland Drive. Wants to rent: Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, Pauly Shore is Dead.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Brittany:
-Rode a camel in the Ghobi Desert in Inner Mongolia, China
-Competed as an artistic roller skater in the Junior Olympics
-Rode the big Seattle earthquake while on the eigth floor of a dorm building (scary!)

Ryan:
-Won a dance competition in Russia
-Competed in the European Paintball World Cup in Toulous, France
-Rode in a 100 mile bike race (American Lung Assoc Century Ride) and played two hockey games in the same day!

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Australia, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, China, Costa Rica, Croatia, Egypt, Fiji, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Panama, Peru, Russian Federation, Serbia, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, United States